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  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

J. Gomes, Laurence J. Kotlikoff, and Luis M. Viceira Abstract Governments are known for procrastinating when it comes to resolving painful policy problems. Whatever the political motives for waiting to decide, procrastination distorts economic View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

Europe - Global

Brand In this Cold Call podcast episode, HBS Professor Tiona Zuzul hosts a discussion on how Frank Cornelissen, founder of an esteemed artisanal Italian vineyard, faced a critical decision in 2018 when adverse weather conditions... View Details
  • 17 Jan 2018
  • Research & Ideas

If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer

studies support an economic idea known as Tournament Theory, which says that as pay differences between job levels increase, the value of receiving a promotion also rises—spurring employees to put in more effort. “People make work View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 13

Chen Abstract The explosion of multinational activities in recent decades is rapidly transforming the global landscape of industrial production. But are the emerging clusters of multinational production the rule or the exception? What... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2020
  • Case

A Tough Call: SEAL Team Leader in Kandahar (A)

By: George A. Riedel
The case, which is a disguised version of real events, is set in Kandahar, Afghanistan (2013) during the long running Afghan war. Lt. Paul Rickson, a Navy SEAL Platoon Commander, is leading a team of 30 U.S. and Afghan soldiers on a mission to clear hostile forces in... View Details
Keywords: War; Leadership; Risk and Uncertainty; Safety; Decision Choices and Conditions; Afghanistan
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Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

decisions Value a venture, project, or investment opportunity and perform a sensitivity analysis Who Will Benefit College Students and Recent Graduates Those Considering an MBA Mid-Career Professionals Learn the language of business... View Details
  • 09 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 9, 2016

forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Managing Perceptions of Distress at Work: Reframing Emotion as Passion By: Wolf, Elizabeth Baily, Jooa Julia Lee, Sunita Sah, and Alison Wood Brooks Abstract—Expressing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Creative Entrepreneurship in a Downturn

he was, and wondered why I had asked. Well, I told him of some rules of thumb I have been working on to isolate entrepreneurial opportunities in a recession, and this question was meant as a test for one of the rules. I knew of several... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 23 Apr 2024
  • In Practice

Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now

With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • Web

Business History - Faculty & Research

Contested Meanings of Freedom: Workingmen's Wages, the Company Store System and the Godcharles v. Wigeman Decision By: Laura Phillips Sawyer In 1886, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court struck down a law that prohibited employers from paying... View Details
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

balance of power. We will explore the ways in which the disappointments with globalization in the West connect to the efforts of other great powers to rewrite the rules of the system. Video Recording Complicit: How We Enable the Unethical... View Details
  • 30 May 2024
  • News

How to Have Effective Conversations

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of the bestselling books The Power of... View Details
  • 04 Jun 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World

if you're not up to speed. So, being ready to quickly adjust to new rules is key. In the US, it's more about the private sector setting the pace. If your company can get ahead and help define the privacy rules, that puts you at a huge... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
  • Web

1.11 Leaves of Absence - MBA

HBS environment. For more about the process of clearance to return to enrollment and/or residence after a hospitalization or emergency room visit, see Section 1.12 Clearance for Return . The decision to place a student on an involuntary... View Details
  • 25 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 25, 2008

decisions about whether to quit the job he loves at Hewlett-Packard to join Apple Computer, how to define his role within Apple, whether to take on Jobs as his co-founder, whether to accept a third co-founder proposed by Jobs, and how to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Nov 2022
  • Book

Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work

Trump’s open disdain for democracy and the rule of law, or his support for white supremacists. Rather, they were traitors, willing to work with a harm-doer to get what they wanted.” We’re all complicit Egregious examples of complicity are... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • Web

Levels of Government - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Strategy Levels of Government Role of Different Levels of Government Economic performance is not ruled by borders. The competitiveness of neighboring locations is often closely linked, whether or not they share the same national, state,... View Details
  • 17 Apr 2022
  • Book

How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

Excerpt Business Ethics: What Everyone Needs to Know J. S. Nelson Most people follow at least some ethical rules in their daily lives. (The small percentage of individuals who do not are called psychopaths; we discuss them some more in... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 23 Jan 2024
  • News

A Wide Net

very different playing field—but many of the same rules apply. “The distinction between good, mediocre, very good, and then great investors is emotional discipline; the humility to learn from your mistakes and not repeat those mistakes... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 24 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 24

http://hbr.org/product/collective-genius-the-art-and-practice-of-leading-innovation/an/13296E-KND-ENG?referral=01240 August 2013 Harvard Business Law Review Sovereign Debt Restructuring: Evaluating the Impact of the Argentina Ruling By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne